ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG is the Gold ENnie Award-winning Best Game and Product of the Year for 2018!

As featured on Forbes.com, ranked one of the best-selling RPGs of all time at DriveThruRPG as an Adamantine Metal product and having moved over 26,000 physical copies and 62,000 digital copies worldwide, ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG is a bloodier, grimmer and grittier version of classic tabletop role-playing games you may already familiar with. The community calls this style of gaming the “pathetic aesthetic”, but we simply call it grim & perilous gaming.

Using the classical D100 system, you will create grim characters, write perilous adventures and build low fantasy & dark fantasy campaigns. These rules are perfectly suitable to run Renaissance and medieval-styled adventures, too. You can also use this book to craft homebrew stories set in the works of Andrzej Sapkowski The Witcher, George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice And Fire, Glen Cook's Black Company, Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastards and other ‘grimdark’-inspired worlds.

ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG is a retro-clone spiritual successor to Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay first and second editions, an unrepentant OSR heartbreaker released under Creative Commons License Share-Alike. It is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game, one where adventurers will:

Live in a gritty, ‘realistic’ fantasy world

Make morally grey decisions & enact vicious reprisals

Uncover insidious plots & political intrigue

Desperately fight in clandestine & open field combat

Defend themselves from injuries, madness & mutations

Take part in heart-pumping chase scenes

Venture into the wilderness & survive its perils

Encounter sanity-blasting creatures & their minions

This 692 page, all-in-one game includes most of what you need to play: a character creation guide, game mastery rules and a bestiary brimming with creatures both fair & foul. All that’s left to gather are a few friends, pencils and a handful of dice.

ZWEIHÄNDER awaits, and the fate of your grim & perilous tale hangs in the balance!

ZWEIHÄNDER print-on-demand comes with a full color cover, with black & white interior. We used the Hardcover Color Book (Standard Heavyweight) option to make the B&W images richer. In addition, the heavier paper weight makes this book retail quality!

Will the print on demand version be available on Amazon also in Europe - thinking of Italy here! :)

Mitchell NJanuary 07, 2019 2:17 am UTC

will print versions be available here again once the 2nd edition is out?

Kevin HOctober 14, 2018 9:56 pm UTC

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I have purchased the PDF for this game and I was curious if there is anyway I could get the discount for the hardcover?

Luc LOctober 03, 2018 11:00 am UTC

is the print in color ?
in the preview it is all black and white
thanks

Tamás IOctober 12, 2018 5:15 pm UTC

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The art is black & white. Color means they use paper used for color books.

Mariusz PAugust 10, 2018 9:27 am UTC

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Ehh, I don't know if I should buy hardcover version. I've got already PDF, but placing some bigass zweihander book on my shelf would be a pleasure. That's tempting idea :D

Chris MAugust 22, 2018 2:29 pm UTC

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There's currently a Kickstarter for an expansion to Zweihander; Main Gauche. You can order a reprint of the the original game or the pod version through DTRPG there. The reprint is $65 and the pod is $47.

Matthew WSeptember 10, 2018 6:58 pm UTC

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I just saw this and I missed the Kickstarter for MG. Is there a way to come in late on the offset edition? Can I pledge after the deadline?

Daniel D. FSeptember 10, 2018 7:07 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Postpledge will be live in a few short weeks!

Mariusz PSeptember 26, 2018 7:49 am UTC

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so will it be available in postpledge to order BOTH core and main gauche in offset version? How much it'll cost?

Christopher PJuly 09, 2018 8:21 pm UTC

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I would like to order the hardcopy, now that I've enjoyed my digital version. A couple questions though. 1 - is the POD printer the same as other DTRPG products in the UK? I ordered Clockwork and Chivalry and Clockwork and Cthulhu hardcover and all was well. (and it came quickly).
2 - Is it possible to get a discount on the harcover edition if you previously purchased the pdf?

Daniel D. FJuly 09, 2018 8:24 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

1: yes, it is the POD that's closest to your mailing address. If you haven't moved since ordering, it should be the same printer
2: absolutely! message me at daniel@grimandperilous.com

Gary FJune 10, 2018 11:31 pm UTC

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Which version is the latest? Digital ?

Kenneth SJune 01, 2018 1:48 pm UTC

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What is the bindery on the print on demand version?

Daniel D. FJune 01, 2018 2:03 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

It is perfect bound and case laminate, on 70# paper. Saddle stitch isn't an option on DTRPG. However, we haven't heard of any challenges with the binding from customers. Nor, has our own versions at the table shown any signs of detachment from the case.

Kenneth SJuly 05, 2018 10:55 pm UTC

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Thank you for the response. The bindery issues with the Shadowrun 5th Edition Core books have made me wary of some types of binding. Today, I purchased the POD version along with the PDF/color POD of the character folio. Should you ever do another run of the Kickstarter/smyth sewn version, I’d gladly purchase it.

Joe CApril 30, 2018 9:57 am UTC

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Take My Money ordering the hard copy later today looking forward to it.
I shall be making apologies to my postman.

Simon SApril 18, 2018 1:53 pm UTC

Hi all

How printer friendly is the PDF?

Daniel D. FApril 18, 2018 2:00 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

I would recommend using the 150dpi file if you intend to print. We don't have separate layers in the PDF for the borders, so it's going to be ink-intensive. However, I know several people have printed it out on their own at Kinkos and have been pleased with the quality.

Simon SApril 18, 2018 2:16 pm UTC

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. It was the borders which were alarming me and my copy machine.

Dan BApril 14, 2018 9:14 pm UTC

Does the game include a setting? Even a fantasy Holy Roman Empire would be awesome.

Daniel D. FApril 18, 2018 2:00 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

It includes four 'campaign seed' settings, which should give you some fodder to either run those or to create your own setting.

Joe CApril 13, 2018 11:32 pm UTC

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Any Idea how long this offer lasts ?
This is a tantalising price indeed was thinking of ordering towards the end of the month or in early May
However at this price it may well pay to order sooner.

Daniel D. FApril 18, 2018 2:02 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

The deal just wrapped up on Monday, but stay tuned - we'll have more deals rolling around May!

Joe CApril 19, 2018 9:01 pm UTC

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Thank you I'm looking at definitely ordering week ending May 12th regardless of any offer
After all I've read heard & seen I'm rather sold on this one.
Its a wonderfully well thought out & thoroughly play tested product. It's well worth the price.
Looking forward to Main Gauche an all.

Scott NApril 11, 2018 7:05 pm UTC

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Wow I just purchased the PDF+Color Rulebook for $54.99 on monday and today they send me an email saying they're lowering the price of the pdf to $7.99 and the POD to $52.99 are they going to refund or credit my account $2.00?

Daniel D. FApril 11, 2018 7:07 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Hi Scott, thanks for your support! Send me your DTRPG email address to daniel@grimandperilous.com, and a list of products you haven't bought from us yet. I'll cut you a sweet deal better than a mere $2.00.

David VApril 07, 2018 3:39 am UTC

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Nice product. But I do have a question. I don’t have full bookmarks. I’ve tried the pdf on different pdf viewers and it’s the same on each.

Daniel D. FApril 18, 2018 2:02 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Sorry to hear you're having this issue. We haven't heard of this problem before. Can you send me screenshots of the PDF you're using to daniel@grimandperilous.com?

Curt HApril 02, 2018 11:54 pm UTC

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Nitpick, when you send the book, put a little shipping cushion around it, just sticking it in a cardboard box guarantees all the edges arrive damaged. Not a big deal I guess, but very bush league of you. Game system is good, though.

Daniel D. FApril 03, 2018 12:51 am UTC

PUBLISHER

Hi Curt. Unfortunately, DriveThruRPG’s partner print shops handle all shipping. We literally have zero control over packaging. However, if there is damage to the book in transit, we can definitely help by running it up the flagpole to DTRPG. Please feel free to reach out to me direct at daniel@grimandperilous.com

Curt HApril 03, 2018 1:52 am UTC

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Not a major issue, but looks like I'm not the only person in this discussion list with damage issues, so you should definitely let them know!

Devin BApril 02, 2018 10:43 am UTC

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I've been really looking to try this out but I've been having problems downloading the pdf, I've tried deleting and redownloading the files and even buying them again and nothing has managed to fix the problem has anyone else had this problem and are there anyways to fix it

Devin BApril 02, 2018 12:03 pm UTC

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Never mind was able to get the first file to work looks good so far hopefully it’ll be as good as it looks

Daniel D. FApril 02, 2018 4:32 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Excellent! Let me know if you run into any challenges: daniel@grimandperilous.com

700 pages of tremendous work. This book is a labor of love and it really shows. Also great value for money, particularly if you pick it up during one of their frequent sales. This is a much better version of Warhammer Fantasy that the ones put out by [...]

I haven't actually played this yet, but I can say that.... It looks great, it's well written and it's full of great ideas for really grim and perilous gaming. I particularly enjoyed the bestiary, which features original takes on a wide range of traditi [...]

Okay, I just purchased this game last night on PDF after playing WHFR 2E with some friends. I have been playing RPGs for a long time and not really played WHFR until last night and loved it, so when snooping online, I saw this game read the preview an [...]

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